Meaning:
the
Drift (EN) / An Drev (KW)
Type:
Parish:
Hundred:
Elements notes:
<an> ‘the’ + <trev> ‘farmstead’
Historic forms:
Dref 1262 (Pool, 1985)
?Drek [vian] 1244 (Pool, 1985)
Dreff 1301 (Pool, 1985)
Dreth [veor] 1327 (Pool, 1985)
Dreef 1333 (Pool, 1985)
Droef 1384 (Pool, 1985)
Dreif / Dreoff 1397 (Pool, 1985)
Dryffe 1547 (Pool, 1985)
Dreff 1659 (Pool, 1985)
Driff / Drift c.1840 (TA 1840) (Pool, 1985)
English (1)
Cornish (1)